Section 2
SCHEDULE 1EConstitution and Procedure of the Mission and Pastoral Committee
1EThere shall be a person to be known as “the Chair”.
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I1Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
2EThe bishop, if he so wishes, may be a member and may also be the Chair.
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I2Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
3EUnless the bishop is the Chair, the Chair shall be appointed by the bishop.
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I3Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
4EAll archdeacons in the diocese shall be members or, if there is only one archdeacon, that archdeacon shall be a member.
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I4Sch. 1 para. 4 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
5ESubject to paragraphs 1 to 4, the members of the committee shall be such number of persons and appointed or elected in such manner and for such period of office as the diocesan synod shall determine, but so as to secure that the number of members who are of the clergy and the number of members who are of the laity are, as nearly as possible, the same.
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I5Sch. 1 para. 5 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
6EThe written constitution of the committee shall provide for a quorum.
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I6Sch. 1 para. 6 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
7ESubject to paragraph 6, the committee may act notwithstanding any vacancy in the membership or any defect in its composition.
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I7Sch. 1 para. 7 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
8EThe committee shall have power to appoint sub-committees and to appoint to them persons who are not members of the committee but the constitution may prescribe the minimum numbers or proportion of members of a sub-committee who are members of the committee.
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I8Sch. 1 para. 8 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
9EThe committee may delegate any of its functions to a sub-committee except the duty under section 6(5) or 21(4) to afford opportunities to incumbents of benefices and vicars in team ministries and persons subject to Common Tenure to meet the committee itself F1....
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F1Words in Sch. 1 para. 9 omitted (1.7.2018) by virtue of Mission and Pastoral etc. (Amendment) Measure 2018 (No. 4), ss. 6(3), 14(3); S.I. 2018/722, art. 2(a) (with Sch. para. 3)
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I9Sch. 1 para. 9 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
10EThe committee and any sub-committee shall have power to appoint persons who have appropriate expertise whether or not as members of another body to provide advice on any of their functions.
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I10Sch. 1 para. 10 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
11EThe committee shall have power to make provision for the appointment of a secretary to the committee and any sub-committee.
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I11Sch. 1 para. 11 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2
12ESubject to the preceding provisions of this Schedule and to any directions given by the diocesan synod, the committee shall have power to regulate its own procedure and that of any sub-committee and to provide for any other matters which it thinks fit.
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I12Sch. 1 para. 12 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1, art. 2